Loads and Dynamics Analyst - Advanced Development Programs

Company: Blue Origin
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: November 24, 2022

Job Description:

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.We are looking for level II-V applicantswith technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required. If you're excited by providing near-term value, solving novel problems, learning about interesting topics, and completing challenging activities, please apply!As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers, you'll work to generate and communicate structural loads to support the development of new space vehicles, rocket engines, and test/launch facilities. You will impact these systems by providing high quality engineering support by developing and anchoring system and component loads. You will need to be proficient at cross-discipline interactions to ensure proper loads model assumptions to ensure correct generation of desired outputs. Proficiency in loads analysis, to include physics-based hand calculations, finite element methods, static and dynamic structural analysis, and forcing function development is needed. Experience with simulation, mathematical modeling, data analysis, and technical writing and presentation preferred. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!Responsibilities:

• Primary and secondary structure loads development for spacecraftand engines
• Communicate with structural or design counterparts to convey loads and environment data or implications on design and analysis
• Share experience and knowledge across Blue programs for capability development and mentoring
• Finite Element Model development and correlation to test data
• Modeling, simulation, and verification of applicable spacecraft and engine ground and flight regimes
• Support configuration development, trade studies, development of load and environments (vibration/shock) requirements and verification
• Ground and flight test dynamic data measurement and interpretation
  • Develop and/or maintain loads databook products
  • Resource-intensive computing, management of large datasets, reduction, and post-processing of data for engineering applicationsRequired:
    • Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical,aerospace,or civil engineering
    • 3+ years of relevant engineering experience
    • Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools)
    • Ability to process and present data for engineering applications.
    • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
    • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.Desired:
      • Spacecraft, launch vehicle, and rocket engine loads experience
      • Experience with the following commercial software tools: HYPERMESH, ANSYS, NASTRAN DMAP, ATA's iMAT (MATLAB Toolbox), PYTHON, FORTRAN, WAVE6, SEA+, LSDYNA
      • Experience with time domain, frequency domain, and/or random vibration statistical analysis
      • Experience with launch vehicle, spacecraft, and rocket engine vibroacoustics analysis
      • Finite Element Modeling experience
      • Experience working with and generating Craig-Bampton models
      • Experience developing custom analysis tools and processes
      • Experience with fatigue analysis and development
      • Experience with dynamic (modal) testing and correlation of structures
      • Experience with instrumentation for ground and flight tests
      • Experience with mathematical modeling, simulation, and control algorithms.
      • Experience with high performance computing, management of large sets of data.Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Export Control RegulationsApplicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.Equal Employment OpportunityBlue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.Affirmative Action and Disability AccommodationApplicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.BenefitsEmployee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays

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